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so jordan, having all of this on its shoulders, one has to complement the leadership in jordan over a long period of time, handling the situation so capably. and i think that given the resilience of the regime at the moment, i think there is a good chance that the regime will overcome the current problems, and certainly israel values the relationship with jordan immensely. the largest, the longest border israel has with an arab state is with jordan. and many years have gone by. this was a border which was a source of constant terrorist activity which was conducted across the border into israel. this has now stopped them. the most peaceful border we have today, and we hope it stays there. i say the most peaceful border, although we have one more line which is also a line which has been -- that is the disengagement line between us and syria which has lasted since 1974 to today, is 38 years. 38 years of a line which where we have preserved a relative peace, i think is a big achievement for both sides. >> yes. >> hi. my name is julie. i'm here with human events. thank you for your time. i
so jordan, having all of this on its shoulders, one has to complement the leadership in jordan over a long period of time, handling the situation so capably. and i think that given the resilience of the regime at the moment, i think there is a good chance that the regime will overcome the current problems, and certainly israel values the relationship with jordan immensely. the largest, the longest border israel has with an arab state is with jordan. and many years have gone by. this was a...
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jordan, iraq, syria, jordan iraq and turkey all have something like 100,000 refugees each in the country, at least. we can't do it all ourselves and i wish i could give you a 90 -- ideal scenario but there just isn't one. .. are going to these people and a disproportionate way. at the beginning of the david sanger article, the maturity weapons are going to extremists. if you read deeper into the article, business intelligence communities are having difficult time determining who the rebel leaders are. well if we don't know what they are, how do we know of the majority is going to be militant extremists. but if they are, the problem as -- >> the problem as the militant extremists come to the floor the more the rebel opposition in general feels abandoned by the west because the failure to get the weapons they've been promised. that opens space. so in a way, it is one of those problems it has gotten worse attorney than blocking and that's why it's sort of a conundrum if you're thinking a next president takes office in january 20th, what's going to happen in between. overall you've got a pro
jordan, iraq, syria, jordan iraq and turkey all have something like 100,000 refugees each in the country, at least. we can't do it all ourselves and i wish i could give you a 90 -- ideal scenario but there just isn't one. .. are going to these people and a disproportionate way. at the beginning of the david sanger article, the maturity weapons are going to extremists. if you read deeper into the article, business intelligence communities are having difficult time determining who the rebel...
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it's spreading to lebanon and jordan. >> there's not been violence in lebanon and jordan in the scale of syria. >> right. >> might be able to contain that, but if it spreads, it's an epic disaster. at the same time, the middle east volatile, so many other places where you could have a fire begin, especially if one place meshes, as i think the russians are here. that's how i answer the question. >> okay. bob? >> yeah, i agree that russia's up likely to help us. the united states, we tried three times at the u.n., got three vow toes -- vetoes in return. best case, maybe i was in china a few months ago, and there was talk among the chinese elite talking about concentrating on domestic problems rather than an aggressive foreign policy. this might mean shifting away from russia, but for now, that's wishful thinking, but it is a possibility. i'll give you my worst case that could be unfolding before our eyes. nato guaranteed turkey's borders. in case what happened just a week ago flairs up, more shelling, and, remember, as i said in my presentation, very head strong and decides even with al
it's spreading to lebanon and jordan. >> there's not been violence in lebanon and jordan in the scale of syria. >> right. >> might be able to contain that, but if it spreads, it's an epic disaster. at the same time, the middle east volatile, so many other places where you could have a fire begin, especially if one place meshes, as i think the russians are here. that's how i answer the question. >> okay. bob? >> yeah, i agree that russia's up likely to help us. the...
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next question from dave jordan. >> voter id has been a big issue across the country. if you are in north carolina we don't have a voter id bill. there have been a few but not many cases of voter fraud across the state. do you think with the impact of costing the state millions of dollars to enact this is it worth the price or not worth the price? mccrory 11 it is worth the price. the legislation has been drawn up in north carolina and governor perdue vetoed the administration with mr. dalton's supported of one of the few veto overrides that did not occur next session. we have to protect the integrity of the voter box. there are millions of dollars coming on the ground in north carolina and the political system, much of it from outside and there are gaps in the system where people don't have to show any form of connecting their individual with their addresses and we have already learned from the current governor that there is abuse of the current political system and breaking of campaign laws which is an excuse to. if we require id to get sudafed, id to get sudafed, to
next question from dave jordan. >> voter id has been a big issue across the country. if you are in north carolina we don't have a voter id bill. there have been a few but not many cases of voter fraud across the state. do you think with the impact of costing the state millions of dollars to enact this is it worth the price or not worth the price? mccrory 11 it is worth the price. the legislation has been drawn up in north carolina and governor perdue vetoed the administration with mr....
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just last month yemen's on the list, tunisia, of course, and tangentially morocco and jordan. they haven't gone through a transition period, but they also needed economic assistance. um, both saudi arabia and qatar have been quite proactive in extending aid to egypt before and after mohamed morsi was elected. and i think it's important to understand what sort of aid. some of the things egypt needed right away was an ability to sell government bonds and treasury bills, because it's currently paying about 14% interest which is pretty high for a government. and in the immediate depths of this summer when things looked terrible, both the saudis and qataris came in and said, okay, we'll buy your one-month issue of t-bills. obviously, they got pretty good security of repayment unless the government defaults on everything. but that has helped relieve some of the interest pressure and tried to move egypt out of the death trap it's in. in a worse debt trap than greece or italy or spain. um, the second thing that the saudis and the qataris have done, they have -- like the world bank, th
just last month yemen's on the list, tunisia, of course, and tangentially morocco and jordan. they haven't gone through a transition period, but they also needed economic assistance. um, both saudi arabia and qatar have been quite proactive in extending aid to egypt before and after mohamed morsi was elected. and i think it's important to understand what sort of aid. some of the things egypt needed right away was an ability to sell government bonds and treasury bills, because it's currently...
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the ncc remains an active player in the region with a recent $275 million compact with jordan and a planned program to address the main con straints of tunisia's economic growth. i could go on and talk about the fund created and the egyptian enterprise fund, but, in fact, our weakened efforts are not limited to funding. in recent months, we have hosted a number of strategic and economic dialogues that the government of the united arab em rats covered a range of topics essential to the strong economic partnership between our two cries. in fact, sanny seabright and his organization, this is a hat of mine, they keep hosting lunch chons where i speak. they were kind enough to host the uae delegation, in fact, kinder than to just host it, but provide input into our discussions. that's amazing to me that until a year ago, length of time, less than a year ago, didn't have have an economic dialogue with the seg largest trading partner in the middle east, the uae. we do now. in the interest of promoting trade and investment between the u.s. and countries in the region, we've also signed five free tr
the ncc remains an active player in the region with a recent $275 million compact with jordan and a planned program to address the main con straints of tunisia's economic growth. i could go on and talk about the fund created and the egyptian enterprise fund, but, in fact, our weakened efforts are not limited to funding. in recent months, we have hosted a number of strategic and economic dialogues that the government of the united arab em rats covered a range of topics essential to the strong...
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mitt romney mentioned the 2014 jordan in the speech. he didn't talk about the strategic partnership agreement that the administration is negotiated with the afghan government. which will keep american soldiers in afghanistan until 2024. do you have a sense of what the minimum number the soldier should be going forward. >> there are more than a few former administration -- [inaudible] length of time i was involved, but i share the credit with many, many others who was probably have more influence than i did. the first point i would like to make about afghanistan and the big difference between them, is that mr. obama set a deadline. period. i was in kabul in december of 2009, when obama made that speech, and i was talking to people from the international force, the people who are out there getting shot at. from other countries not just our own. to a man and woman, there a lot of women there, they all almost took no notice of the statement. what nay noticed was the deadline. a what the pakistan people notice is the deadline. everybody is p
mitt romney mentioned the 2014 jordan in the speech. he didn't talk about the strategic partnership agreement that the administration is negotiated with the afghan government. which will keep american soldiers in afghanistan until 2024. do you have a sense of what the minimum number the soldier should be going forward. >> there are more than a few former administration -- [inaudible] length of time i was involved, but i share the credit with many, many others who was probably have more...
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we all recognize that, but, you know, like michael jordan, john stockton, there's a time to retire. i am runs for the u.s. senate so our children have every opportunity to live the american dream. my life experience doesn't come from 36 years in government, but the ibm corporation. when i go back to washington, i'll vote the three c's, my conscious, constituents, and the constitution. i will not be a partisan individual ruining the country today. protect you and me from those doing us harm, threaten rights, and our liberties whether they are foreign, domestic, businesses, corporations, or individuals. i gained a representation as a legislature committed to working together working with governor michael to balance the state budget every single year, collaboration is how problems are solved. as your united states senator, i promise you every day i'll work to respect you and the great state. god bless you. god bless u utah. thank you very much. >> moderator: on behalf of the audience and citizens of utah, we thank you both for running. >>> the new mexico senate race where heinrich and
we all recognize that, but, you know, like michael jordan, john stockton, there's a time to retire. i am runs for the u.s. senate so our children have every opportunity to live the american dream. my life experience doesn't come from 36 years in government, but the ibm corporation. when i go back to washington, i'll vote the three c's, my conscious, constituents, and the constitution. i will not be a partisan individual ruining the country today. protect you and me from those doing us harm,...
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they've succeeded with jordan. they succeeded with egypt. i'm sure we'll see more success there also. it's got to be a commitment of the united states of america though and i can promise you in a mccain-paling administration that commitment is their work with our friends in israel. biden: when no one has been a better front of his with an joe biden. i never would have joined the ticket if i was not sure barack obama shared my passion. but you asked the question that whether or not visit administration policy have made sense or something to that affect. it has been abject failure. visit administration policy. in fairness to secretary rice, she's trying to turn it around now in the seventh or eighth year. here's what the president said when we said no. insisted on electionn the west bank when i said and others said and barack obama said, big mistake. hamas will win. what happened? hamas one. when we kicked along with france we kicked hezbollah out of lebanon, i said and barack said, move nato forces in there, fill the vacuum because you don't
they've succeeded with jordan. they succeeded with egypt. i'm sure we'll see more success there also. it's got to be a commitment of the united states of america though and i can promise you in a mccain-paling administration that commitment is their work with our friends in israel. biden: when no one has been a better front of his with an joe biden. i never would have joined the ticket if i was not sure barack obama shared my passion. but you asked the question that whether or not visit...
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morocco, algeria, jordan have not experienced the arab spring, the recent developments have shown some changes. the political institution in some of the countries are in the process of transition with more participation. it's best if ambitious public spending plan. we have same legal system and procedures are being performed to the aspiration of the people and their yearning for a good government and transparency. now, let me turn to the american policies during the arab spring. two initiatives, these initiatives i don't think were a coincidence, but anyway they came up at the same time in 2011 and the other 12011. august 10, 2011, president obama ordered a division board. the president made the prevention of atrocities the key focus of his administration's foreign policy. this initiative aimed at civilians and holding perpetrators of atrocities accountable. the focus of this initiative is the area and libya. the other initiative come in the second initiative is the open government or airship, which announced in september 2011 but exacerbated in italy. it was launched by governments an
morocco, algeria, jordan have not experienced the arab spring, the recent developments have shown some changes. the political institution in some of the countries are in the process of transition with more participation. it's best if ambitious public spending plan. we have same legal system and procedures are being performed to the aspiration of the people and their yearning for a good government and transparency. now, let me turn to the american policies during the arab spring. two...
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i applaud the president having sent troops to jordan to create a buffer and to be able to have a very highly-skilled set of troops to see chemical weapons through the assad regime, when the assad regime falls but i don't think we can intervene in syria right now. this is the adventurism that cost us in iraq and afghanistan and the cost us billions of dollars in national treasure and lives so our focus has to be on iran. >> moderator: mr. kyrillos? kyrillos: one way or the other we have to get rid of the thugs that run syria, killing their people, butchering their people, destabilizing other countries in the region. we have got to work with the united nations to bring about sanctions, work with other moderate arab states, the saudi's for example who try to drive a wedge between military or excuse me, the people in the military rather and assad. if they use chemical weapons, i think we have to have the possible use of force out there. i don't think we should flag to them that we won't do it. .. kryillos: we cannot allow iran to have a nuclear weapon. america, israel, the free, freedom l
i applaud the president having sent troops to jordan to create a buffer and to be able to have a very highly-skilled set of troops to see chemical weapons through the assad regime, when the assad regime falls but i don't think we can intervene in syria right now. this is the adventurism that cost us in iraq and afghanistan and the cost us billions of dollars in national treasure and lives so our focus has to be on iran. >> moderator: mr. kyrillos? kyrillos: one way or the other we have to...
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[applause] >> we have a lovely reception this evening hosted by the ambassador of jordan, looking forward to that, and also, an early start tomorrow morning. u.s. views from ambassador jim smith followed by the arab-u.s. relations' view from the league of arab states which has a brand new ambassador here in washington, and then, of course, the palestinian future focusing on that as well as the gtc countries in yemen and the what has been done in terms of the department of state and others trying to double u.s. exports internationally and globally, but with special reference to the arab world. on top of business finance, human resource development, and iran, features here in the afternoon as well as does the view the of the u.s.-arab relationship from the arab media. i thank all of you for being here today. see you this evening and tomorrow. >> thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> downsizing, watching it live, one of 10,000 homes they are trying to get done in the next four years over the course of the four years of may your
[applause] >> we have a lovely reception this evening hosted by the ambassador of jordan, looking forward to that, and also, an early start tomorrow morning. u.s. views from ambassador jim smith followed by the arab-u.s. relations' view from the league of arab states which has a brand new ambassador here in washington, and then, of course, the palestinian future focusing on that as well as the gtc countries in yemen and the what has been done in terms of the department of state and others...
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and it's not only just america, but nato is now helping, jordan's helping train police, uae is helping train police. we've allocated $7 billion over the next months for reconstruction efforts. and we're making progress there. and our alliance is strong. and as i just told you, there's going to be a summit of the arab nations. japan will be hosting a summit. we're making progress. it is hard work. it is hard work to go from a tyranny to a democracy. it's hard work to go from a place where people get their hands cut off, or executed, to a place where people are free. but it's necessary work. and a free iraq is going to make this world a more peaceful place. >> ninety seconds, senator kerry. >> what i think troubles a lot of people in our country is that the president has just sort of described one kind of mistake. but what he has said is that, even knowing there were no weapons of mass destruction, even knowing there was no imminent threat, even knowing there was no connection with al qaida, he would still have done everything the same way. those are his words. now, i would not. so what
and it's not only just america, but nato is now helping, jordan's helping train police, uae is helping train police. we've allocated $7 billion over the next months for reconstruction efforts. and we're making progress there. and our alliance is strong. and as i just told you, there's going to be a summit of the arab nations. japan will be hosting a summit. we're making progress. it is hard work. it is hard work to go from a tyranny to a democracy. it's hard work to go from a place where people...
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or will it be like jordan, poland, bolivia, kind of the question answers itself. so the conditional probability that china will avoid the middle income trap is much higher and one in three. it's 50, 60, three chords. i mean, southern ocean that china will fall in the middle income crowd i just don't think it's likely, at least until china reaches 50, 55% of your standard of living. roughly where korea is today. yes, there is 18. it's a problem but i think -- aging. as i said, there's lots of things that china can do to overcome because it's still very poor to avoid this problem. i forgot to mention that, you know, america booster, u.s. boosters and china always draw japan and algae and say, you know, japan had this bubble, japan slow down, china is same situation. i think that is fundamentally ironic analogy because when china -- when japan penn state in the late '80s, early nights, japan was at u.s. standard of living, or close to the. so the scope for ketchup japan had was over. china is still at about 25% so there's tremendous scope, so china, japan and algae i
or will it be like jordan, poland, bolivia, kind of the question answers itself. so the conditional probability that china will avoid the middle income trap is much higher and one in three. it's 50, 60, three chords. i mean, southern ocean that china will fall in the middle income crowd i just don't think it's likely, at least until china reaches 50, 55% of your standard of living. roughly where korea is today. yes, there is 18. it's a problem but i think -- aging. as i said, there's lots of...
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now -- because i am coming from the turkish border, syrian/turkish border -- it's become not just for jordan or for israel or for iraq, it is real threat for regional security, and it might be one day like maybe afghanistan or yemen. it might even american interests. so we are not just blaming united states just because we are friends. it is real. i was there for maybe three times for the, you know, syrian/turkish border, and you can't imagine how much it's becoming a regional threat for the security region. the second thing i think united states has one responsibility. you're always talking about human rightses, supporting democracy, supporting kids' rights and women's rights. what about the syrians? now, i really was crying when i was seeing there are kids who didn't go to their schools for two years. and might be some of them, they might be terrorists. so my last comment is what is the -- [inaudible] if you are just going to stay in washington, -- [inaudible] i'm sure those will not be good news for united states. >> i think one of the things that we haven't heard at all here and yet shou
now -- because i am coming from the turkish border, syrian/turkish border -- it's become not just for jordan or for israel or for iraq, it is real threat for regional security, and it might be one day like maybe afghanistan or yemen. it might even american interests. so we are not just blaming united states just because we are friends. it is real. i was there for maybe three times for the, you know, syrian/turkish border, and you can't imagine how much it's becoming a regional threat for the...
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turning points in the al-qaeda's fortunes was the attack on the three american-owned hotels in aman, jordan, which killed almost entirely jordanians attending a wedding. that got widespread coverage in the arab world. it's not just in iraq where people were sold what an al-qaeda-like regime would impose on the civilization. i think around the muslim world there was quite a lot of understanding of this. >> true. i was in aman i think about a month after that, and people were very upset. zarqawi's tribe disowned them, they took out page ads in the papers, full-page ads if the papers denouncing the attacks. there was a real backlash against that. you see a lot of that in a country where an attack is carried out, people usually support attacks outside the countries. >> well, they talk about benghazi, what happened in benghazi after the attack on the consulate. >> well, benghazi's very different, libya's very different because they're very supportive of the west for what they did in overthrowing gadhafi as opposed to other countries where no one asked for american aid, and no one got it, militar
turning points in the al-qaeda's fortunes was the attack on the three american-owned hotels in aman, jordan, which killed almost entirely jordanians attending a wedding. that got widespread coverage in the arab world. it's not just in iraq where people were sold what an al-qaeda-like regime would impose on the civilization. i think around the muslim world there was quite a lot of understanding of this. >> true. i was in aman i think about a month after that, and people were very upset....
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i made several interventions with jordan and italy, and suddenly the conversation has begun. and so i think the first step in terms of going forward is doing we are doing today and begin to really put religion in government on the table. so the conversation has begun. we are planting seeds for the future but i think we have made a lot of headway with strategic dialogue. but i would hope at some point this panel and i can travel together so it's not just a government, so we have government goes with congress to a state department might go with congress, but i think at some point in future we might want to go together, so sold -- civil society and government and showed him a paradigm that has not been done before. so we are on our way. >> did you get a good shot? [laughter] >> we have a lot of questions, and time is quickly marching on. i'm going to ask you to run around. you might want to be in the center isle so we can capture the last equation and try to answer them all before we leave at noon. spent i'm from the state department. one of the things, element i think some blac
i made several interventions with jordan and italy, and suddenly the conversation has begun. and so i think the first step in terms of going forward is doing we are doing today and begin to really put religion in government on the table. so the conversation has begun. we are planting seeds for the future but i think we have made a lot of headway with strategic dialogue. but i would hope at some point this panel and i can travel together so it's not just a government, so we have government goes...
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to arkadelphia arkansas jordan gets the last word. is on her democrats line. go ahead. >> caller: okay. i think obama should win because -- [inaudible] what ron is saying is not true but it's not too. he has raised us. -- [inaudible] and ron is a scary man. i don't think he should be in office as well. i'm looking at the statistic map right now, and what he is saying is just a lie. los.. [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. i am dan glickman here at the aspen institute as vice president and i run the congressional program. it's a great honor to have you here and these great folks here on behalf of the washington ideas around a table series of the aspen institute and the mashaal smith and robert h. smith foundation. we thank you for being here. a lot of us are very interested in the politics of the last couple of weeks. as an old politician myself and i see some old politicians up front. there's congressman and ambassador tim roemer, senate johnson, and i know that there are others as well anyway. so we appreciate folks being here.
to arkadelphia arkansas jordan gets the last word. is on her democrats line. go ahead. >> caller: okay. i think obama should win because -- [inaudible] what ron is saying is not true but it's not too. he has raised us. -- [inaudible] and ron is a scary man. i don't think he should be in office as well. i'm looking at the statistic map right now, and what he is saying is just a lie. los.. [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. i am dan glickman here at the...
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there are problems we egypt, there are problems with syria, jordan is becoming destabilized, lebanon is controlled by hezbollah which is a terrorist organization. the fact of the matter is, we have to be very, very careful to insure that our ally, the most reliable ally that we have and the only democracy in a very dangerous part of the world, has the tools that they need in order to keep their people safe. .. there is no furnace. what happened in egypt, what happened in libya it took them weeks to decide it was a terrorist attack. i'm concerned because israel needs our help. israel needs our support and i stand behind them. >> moderator: you have one minute. berkley: thank you very much. this is an issue very important to me. i have spent considerable time on middle east peace. the fact of the matter is what i disagreed with the president i was the first one on either side of the aisle to express my differences, and in no uncertain terms. but let me turn this around for a little bit and talk to you about things that we don't hear. this administration with my health trumped up the is
there are problems we egypt, there are problems with syria, jordan is becoming destabilized, lebanon is controlled by hezbollah which is a terrorist organization. the fact of the matter is, we have to be very, very careful to insure that our ally, the most reliable ally that we have and the only democracy in a very dangerous part of the world, has the tools that they need in order to keep their people safe. .. there is no furnace. what happened in egypt, what happened in libya it took them...
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governor romney mentioned of course in 2014 jordan in his monday speech. what he didn't talk about and that was a strategic partnership agreement that the administration has the go shade with the afghan government which will keep american soldiers in afghanistan until 2024. do you have a sense of what the minimum number of going forward? >> let me clarify a couple of things. there are more than a few administrative folks here who would say that was not the focal point on afghanistan. i was involved but i share the credit with many, many others who probably had more influence than i did. the first i would like to make about afghanistan and the big difference between mr. romney and mr. obama is that mr. obama said the deadline, period. i was in kabul in december of 2009 when mr. obama made that speech, and i was talking to isaf people, the people from the international force, you know the people who are out there getting shot at from other countries, not just our own. to a man and a woman, and there are women there, they have all almost took no notice of the
governor romney mentioned of course in 2014 jordan in his monday speech. what he didn't talk about and that was a strategic partnership agreement that the administration has the go shade with the afghan government which will keep american soldiers in afghanistan until 2024. do you have a sense of what the minimum number of going forward? >> let me clarify a couple of things. there are more than a few administrative folks here who would say that was not the focal point on afghanistan. i...
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taken five trips to the mideast and held discussions with 14 leaders in the region; turkey, israel, jordan and iraq. i've been to all those countries, most of them more than once. my aim has been to make sure that we're all prepared with options for the challenges ahead, both the near-term issues in iran and in syria and longer-term issues resulting from the arab spring. there are some countries i haven't visited yet, but i plan to. china and india are high on my list, and so is russia. even though i've not yet visited miss cow, i have had several -- moscow, i have had several productive meetings with my russian counterpart here in washington, d.c., in europe and by video teleconference several times. i could go on. as you can tell, i'm working hard on my friends list. one final thought. during all of these travels, our servicemen and women are always foremost in my thoughts. they and their families have been through a lot. they are an inspirational bunch. i saw this when i was honored to go to london as the head of the united states delegation to the paraolympics. our athletes, especially
taken five trips to the mideast and held discussions with 14 leaders in the region; turkey, israel, jordan and iraq. i've been to all those countries, most of them more than once. my aim has been to make sure that we're all prepared with options for the challenges ahead, both the near-term issues in iran and in syria and longer-term issues resulting from the arab spring. there are some countries i haven't visited yet, but i plan to. china and india are high on my list, and so is russia. even...